Thanks to the anonymous tipster for letting us know that the 12-inch Devastator Palisades statue has shipped from Diamond Comics to comic stores this week at a price point of $200.

My local comic store yesterday got in the 12" Devastator from Palisades. Not too surprising as they got in the Ravage and Ghost of Starscream statues last week. He's a big one at $200 though. The box describes Dev as being 60 feet tall combined in his bio which is to scale with the 6" statues if you go by Dev's first toon appearance(before the combiners inflated to 300 feet in season 2). Dev is broken into 6 pieces- 2 legs, torso, 2 arms and stand. Hes much bulkier than their past 12" TF statue offerings

I love this statue, but can't justify $200 for something that doesn't transform right now.

I always thought the unofficial pairing of the US gestalts went:
Devastator/Superion
Menasor/Defensor
Computron/Predaking

with Bruticus unpaired and Abominus and Piranacon sorta off to one side. Am I remembering wrong?

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I've always paired them according to release. Devastator came out by itself in 1985. Superion and Menasor followed in early 1986. Bruticus and Defensor later in 1986 as well. Predaking came out near Christmas 1986 with no comparably-sized Autobot team. Abominus and Computron were released in 1987, and Piranacon by himself in 1988. And don't forget Monstructor, from 1989.

I've always paired them according to release. Devastator came out by itself in 1985. Superion and Menasor followed in early 1986. Bruticus and Defensor later in 1986 as well. Predaking came out near Christmas 1986 with no comparably-sized Autobot team. Abominus and Computron were released in 1987, and Piranacon by himself in 1988. And don't forget Monstructor, from 1989.

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That makes sense also...I'm thinking this is one of those debatable fan points with no real canon, so release year is as solid as anything.

Wellllll... I think it's pretty well stated in canon. There's not much justification for identifying 'pairings' of opposing characters beyond what's in the comics and show, plus the release dates for the toys.

Although Devs and Omega were about 10 issues apart in the comics, the show had them 'paired' as adversaries, for sure. In both the show and comics, Superion/Menasor and Bruticus/Defensor appeared simultaneously. Also the case for Abominus/Computron (on the show anyway, don't know about the later comics).

Only 421? Yikes that's a low number. My LCS got one in and they accidentaly knocked it over putting it in the display case. A few dabs of superglue later, and they have it marked down to $120. I'm now even more tempted to buy it than I already was.

Yes he's a nice figure. So nice in fact, that I ordered two of him for my store. What pisses me off right now is that some shops are saying that they got theirs this week and my Diamond rep tells me that I'm not getting mine until next week.

me diamond rep.

And to make things worse, thanks to the 4th being on tuesday, I have to wait until thursday to get my stuff.